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authorJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>2010-04-29 09:36:24 +0200
committerJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>2010-04-29 09:36:24 +0200
commit7407cf355fdf5500430be966dbbde84a27293bad (patch)
tree922861288ff38558ed721a79653f52b17b13bb95 /fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
parent6a47dc1418682c83d603b491df1d048f73aa973e (diff)
parent79dba2eaa771c3173957eccfd288e0e0d12e4d3f (diff)
downloadlinux-7407cf355fdf5500430be966dbbde84a27293bad.tar.bz2
Merge branch 'master' into for-2.6.35
Conflicts: fs/block_dev.c Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/xfs/xfs_log.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/xfs_log.c38
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
index e8fba92d7cd9..2be019136287 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
@@ -745,9 +745,16 @@ xfs_log_move_tail(xfs_mount_t *mp,
/*
* Determine if we have a transaction that has gone to disk
- * that needs to be covered. Log activity needs to be idle (no AIL and
- * nothing in the iclogs). And, we need to be in the right state indicating
- * something has gone out.
+ * that needs to be covered. To begin the transition to the idle state
+ * firstly the log needs to be idle (no AIL and nothing in the iclogs).
+ * If we are then in a state where covering is needed, the caller is informed
+ * that dummy transactions are required to move the log into the idle state.
+ *
+ * Because this is called as part of the sync process, we should also indicate
+ * that dummy transactions should be issued in anything but the covered or
+ * idle states. This ensures that the log tail is accurately reflected in
+ * the log at the end of the sync, hence if a crash occurrs avoids replay
+ * of transactions where the metadata is already on disk.
*/
int
xfs_log_need_covered(xfs_mount_t *mp)
@@ -759,17 +766,24 @@ xfs_log_need_covered(xfs_mount_t *mp)
return 0;
spin_lock(&log->l_icloglock);
- if (((log->l_covered_state == XLOG_STATE_COVER_NEED) ||
- (log->l_covered_state == XLOG_STATE_COVER_NEED2))
- && !xfs_trans_ail_tail(log->l_ailp)
- && xlog_iclogs_empty(log)) {
- if (log->l_covered_state == XLOG_STATE_COVER_NEED)
- log->l_covered_state = XLOG_STATE_COVER_DONE;
- else {
- ASSERT(log->l_covered_state == XLOG_STATE_COVER_NEED2);
- log->l_covered_state = XLOG_STATE_COVER_DONE2;
+ switch (log->l_covered_state) {
+ case XLOG_STATE_COVER_DONE:
+ case XLOG_STATE_COVER_DONE2:
+ case XLOG_STATE_COVER_IDLE:
+ break;
+ case XLOG_STATE_COVER_NEED:
+ case XLOG_STATE_COVER_NEED2:
+ if (!xfs_trans_ail_tail(log->l_ailp) &&
+ xlog_iclogs_empty(log)) {
+ if (log->l_covered_state == XLOG_STATE_COVER_NEED)
+ log->l_covered_state = XLOG_STATE_COVER_DONE;
+ else
+ log->l_covered_state = XLOG_STATE_COVER_DONE2;
}
+ /* FALLTHRU */
+ default:
needed = 1;
+ break;
}
spin_unlock(&log->l_icloglock);
return needed;